It is estimated that around one million people in the UK, aged over 65, are suffering from malnutrition. Despite the publication of many reports, policies and reviews on this subject, and reorganisation of the health service to improve patient care, it would appear that there is still work to do to ensure better nutritional care for patients.
SUZANNE CALLANDER reports.
According to the findings of a recent report, patients and carers feel that little progress has been made in delivering improved patient-centred care for vulnerable patients with complex nutritional needs. It also identified that some people even feel that there has been a deterioration in care.
The report, Nutritional Care and the Patient Voice: Are we being listened to?1 was jointly authored by the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) and Patients on Intravenous and Nasogastric Nutrition Therapy (PINNT), with involvement and endorsement from nine other patient organisations.2 The report set out to address three key issues:
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